Elf vs. Rogue — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Elf and Rogue
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Elf
An elf (plural: elves) is a type of humanoid supernatural being in Germanic mythology and folklore (especially North Germanic mythology and folklore). In medieval Germanic-speaking cultures, elves generally seem to have been thought of as beings with magical powers and supernatural beauty, ambivalent towards everyday people and capable of either helping or hindering them.
Rogue
A dishonest or unprincipled man
You are a rogue and an embezzler
Elf
A mythical creature in human form but usually smaller, often considered mischievous.
Rogue
An elephant or other large wild animal living apart from the herd and having savage or destructive tendencies
A rogue elephant
Elf
A lively, mischievous child.
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Rogue
Remove inferior or defective plants or seedlings from (a crop)
The sowing has to be rogued to remove aberrant seedlings
Elf
A usually sprightly or mischievous or sometimes spiteful person.
Rogue
An unprincipled, deceitful, and unreliable person; a scoundrel or rascal.
Elf
(Norse mythology) A luminous spirit presiding over nature and fertility and dwelling in the world of Álfheim (Elfland). Compare angel, nymph, fairy.
Rogue
One who is playfully mischievous; a scamp.
Elf
Any from a race of mythical, supernatural beings resembling but seen as distinct from human beings. They are usually delicate-featured and skilled in magic or spellcrafting; sometimes depicted as clashing with dwarves, especially in modern fantasy literature.
Rogue
A wandering beggar; a vagrant.
Elf
(fantasy) Any of the magical, typically forest-guarding races bearing some similarities to the Norse álfar (through Tolkien's Eldar).
Rogue
A vicious and solitary animal, especially an elephant that has separated itself from its herd.
Elf
A very diminutive person; a dwarf.
Rogue
An organism, especially a plant, that shows an undesirable variation from a standard.
Elf
(South Africa) The bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix).
Rogue
Vicious and solitary. Used of an animal, especially an elephant.
Elf
To twist into elflocks (of hair); to mat.
Rogue
Large, destructive, and anomalous or unpredictable
Rogue tornado.
Elf
An imaginary supernatural being, commonly a little sprite, much like a fairy; a mythological diminutive spirit, supposed to haunt hills and wild places, and generally represented as delighting in mischievous tricks.
Every elf, and fairy sprite,Hop as light as bird from brier.
Rogue
Operating outside normal or desirable controls
"How could a single rogue trader bring down an otherwise profitable and well-regarded institution?" (Saul Hansell).
Elf
A very diminutive person; a dwarf.
Rogue
To remove (diseased or abnormal specimens) from a group of plants of the same variety.
Elf
To entangle mischievously, as an elf might do.
Elf all my hair in knots.
Rogue
To remove diseased or abnormal plants.
Elf
(folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
Rogue
A scoundrel, rascal or unprincipled, deceitful, and unreliable person.
Elf
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Rogue
A mischievous scamp.
Rogue
A vagrant.
Rogue
(computing) Deceitful software pretending to be anti-spyware, but in fact being malicious software itself.
Rogue
An aggressive animal separate from the herd, especially an elephant.
Rogue
A plant that shows some undesirable variation.
Rogue
(role-playing games) A character class focusing on stealthy conduct.
Rogue
(of an animal, especially an elephant) Vicious and solitary.
Rogue
(by extension) Large, destructive and unpredictable.
Rogue
(by extension) Deceitful, unprincipled.
Rogue
Mischievous, unpredictable.
Rogue
(horticulture) To cull; to destroy plants not meeting a required standard, especially when saving seed, rogue or unwanted plants are removed before pollination.
Rogue
To cheat.
Rogue
(obsolete) To give the name or designation of rogue to; to decry.
Rogue
To wander; to play the vagabond; to play knavish tricks.
Rogue
A vagrant; an idle, sturdy beggar; a vagabond; a tramp.
Rogue
A deliberately dishonest person; a knave; a cheat.
The rogue and fool by fits is fair and wise.
Rogue
One who is pleasantly mischievous or frolicsome; hence, often used as a term of endearment.
Ah, you sweet little rogue, you!
Rogue
An elephant that has separated from a herd and roams about alone, in which state it is very savage.
Rogue
A worthless plant occuring among seedlings of some choice variety.
Rogue
To wander; to play the vagabond; to play knavish tricks.
Rogue
To give the name or designation of rogue to; to decry.
Rogue
To destroy (plants that do not come up to a required standard).
Rogue
A deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
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